Top News Of The Day: Prashant Kishor May Join Congress, Hint Sources

A day after Prashant Kishor held discussions with Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, speculation has intensified over whether the poll strategist will join India's main opposition party; the Supreme Court today issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over its decision to allow the Kanwar Yatra from next week despite the threat of a spike in COVID-19 cases; the Centre has hiked the dearness allowance (DA) for central government employees and dearness relief (DR) to pensioners to 28 percent from 17 percent with effect from July 1 and other top stories.